JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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Hotbox08
I've always found Western and traditional ways to have its good points and bad points. While some traditional methods may not work for some, the same could be said about Western medicine (e.g. some people are allergic, or would develop unwanted side effects). Acupuncture takes a leap of faith involving possible pain, while taking a pill is easy. Then again, you face a greater risk of becoming addicted to taking pills (e.g. sleeping pills like Trazodone) and causing harm to your body (or leading to death).
Posted in: Young acupuncturists get holistic in Tokyo
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“They said we’d come back glowing,” 10-year-old granddaughter Isabelle Ryan added.
LOL. That's funny, but I guess it's not surprising to hear such rumors floating around.
Posted in: Tourists visiting Fukushima despite nuclear fears
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Hotbox08
That bearded guy (obviously a die-hard Mariners fan) with the Mariners cap and jacket and baseball glove must be thinking "Damn, there goes my chance for a free ball". I kinda feel sorry for him.
Posted in: Eye on the ball
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Hotbox08
Wow, this facility makes the evacuation centers in Miyagi and Iwate look gorgeous. Looks like the evacuees elsewhere are being treated better than in Fukushima.
Posted in: Cramped quarters
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Hotbox08
Frankly, I've had no problems with the baggage rule with JAL before. International weight limitations seem to be the only hard part to adhere to, but other airlines such as Delta and United tends to be stricter and they make you pay through your teeth for overweight luggage. In addition, when I recently flew JAL, I was pleasantly surprised that I didn't have to pay for extra drinks, like I had to with United.
Posted in: JAL amends international baggage rule
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Hotbox08
Johnny Depp always seem to be the most personable actor around. A lot of Hollywood actors and actresses appear snobbish, not really acknowledging their fans, and rarely doing interviews, but not him.
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Hotbox08
From what I've seen of Selena Gomez, she is a class act and carries herself well. Like other posters here, I too hope she doesn't go the road of so many child and teen actors like Miley Cyrus who started out really nice and sweet, but has recently been projecting an inflated ego of herself and been seeming very arrogant in recent interviews I've seen of her. I won't even talk about other druggies like Lindsey Lohan and MacCaulay Culkin.
Posted in: Wizard girl
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Hotbox08
That picture don't look like any slum to me. Visit a slum like Compton California or Detroit's East side, and you'll see what a slum really looks like. On second thought, maybe you should stay away from those areas.
Posted in: Japan's largest slum attracting new breed of visitor: backpackers
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Hotbox08
I'll go one step further and urge all countries to follow suit and stop having Hollywood actors smoking in films.
Posted in: China limits smoking in films, TV shows
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Wrong there, britling. Zacheroni and ZacJapan have been given two "あっぱれ" by TV commentators this morning on the TV show サンデーモーニング. Zacheroni was even praised on サンデー・ジャポン as having good insight into the players' strengths and was especially masterful in how he brought on his substitutes (Lee, Inoha, and Iwamasa).
Posted in: Japan lifts Asian Cup with 1-0 win over Australia
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smithinjapan:
It's easy to say that Japan has more "fair-weathered fans" than other countries if you live in Japan and never take the time to travel to other parts of the world. I myself could have fallen into such a trap. However, having been to stadiums in such countries as the U.S. and England, I can say that there are all types of fans in many places. Some are the die-hard types who will stick with their team through thick and thin, wearing Hanshin Tigers motifs to work in losing seasons, or carry a Kashiwa Reysol bag around (even though they were regulated to J2). In the U.S., looking at American football teams' message boards, you'll find many fans leaving stadiums empty during losing seasons, and then filling them in winning ones suddenly. It happens.
Bottom line is this: You'll find all types of fans everywhere you go, in any country you go.
Posted in: Australians putting hopes on Asian Cup
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So true, It's good to see that the fans in Australia have started to get into cheering for soccer (since of course, their team is winning). I just hope they don't start getting turned off it just as soon as they got turned on, if Australia starts losing.
I would have to disagree with that. Fans are fans everywhere. There will always be fair-weather fans in both Japan and Australia, as in other parts of the world. I've seen fans quickly jump on the bandwagon once their team starts winning, while others jump off it when they start losing, in every country and in every sport. It's sad, but it's the painful truth.
Posted in: Australians putting hopes on Asian Cup
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Uh ... vg866 I was watching the game on the Internet (Veetle) and the British commentators said that although it was an iffy penalty, as was a couple of yellow cards against the Japanese, the officials did an overall good job of calling the game correctly. IMO, yes, that penalty could have gone either way, but so too was some other fouls and yellow cards in the game (e.g. the yellow given to the Japanese player who I forgot whose name it was, who was given a yellow for holding his ground and the South Korean who simply ran into him. Since when does a player get a yellow for holding his defensive ground?). In any case, both teams played well equally and thus the 2-2 score proved it. If the game was completely called fairly, the score would probably still end up being a draw with the way both teams played and with the number of calls going against each team.
Japan created more chances and shots on goal, but couldn't convert most of them. South Korea created fewer chances, but made the most of what it created. 2-2 is pretty much what you get for such an effort.
Posted in: Japan beats South Korea to set up Asian Cup final clash with Australia
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I remember watching an episode of "Family Ties" a long time ago, where the family got spooked by a break-in in their house and decided reluctantly to purchase a gun. In the end, they realized that owning a gun caused them much more worry than not having it at all.
This was pretty much in line with how I feel towards guns. I know that if I ever owned one, I too would feel worried about it 24/7. Is it safe? Have I locked it properly? If there is a break-in, would a thief find it and steal it? Even if it is in a safe place, would I be able to quickly access it in the event a burglar came into my house? If I carry it under my jacket, have I properly put the safety on so that it doesn't automatically go off? Is it really safe carrying it everywhere I go to keep me safe? Will someone notice me carrying it under my jacket and wrongfully assume I'm a crook (because I know I would be suspicious of anyone I notice who looks as if they are packing some heat)?
Posted in: Gun show opens in Vegas, amid gun control debate
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mrsynik: You should check out NHK News 7. You could also check out NHK World, as well as their website. It's on that as well.
You'll be able to see a lot of footage from the floods in Brazil as well as in Australia.
Posted in: Thousands of homes in Brisbane swamped by floodwaters
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Whitehawk: The fact that I've lived my whole life without ever owning a gun and never needing it proves your point about everyone needing a gun as wrong. In fact, none of my friends own a gun either and neither one of them has ever had to fear for their lives as well.
Posted in: Mother killed, 5 hurt in gunbattle at California mall
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Hotbox08
So what you're saying is that as long as I carry a gun in my house and put a sign out front which says "BEWARE: I have a gun!" and tell everyone in my neighborhood that I have one, then I would be safe. Cool.
Posted in: Mother killed, 5 hurt in gunbattle at California mall
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Hotbox08
american bengoshi: Nothing new since this institute has been monitoring so many other countries as much as it does Japan. There are a ton of countries I could name (the U.S., Britain, etc.) with a lot more hatred towards Jews that I'm sure this institute is monitoring heavily.
Posted in: Retailer Don Quijote pulls Nazi outfit after complaint
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Hotbox08
Yet another shooting at a university campus? And this happens less than a week after the shooting at Seton Hall in New Jersey. In that, one woman was killed and four others hospitalized.
Posted in: Gunman opens fire University of Texas; then kills himself
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Hotbox08
Amazing this made the news since this shootings like this happen quite often in East L.A.
Posted in: 8 shot, 3 stabbed, 1 dead at LA house party